pink tea
A fashionable formal tea party or other social gatheringA fashionable formal tea party or other social gathering; specifically, one organized and attended chiefly by women to discuss matters of suffrage, raise funds for charity, etc.
Meaning
4 senses(US, countable, historical, uncountable)A fashionable formal tea party or other social gathering; specifically, one organized and attended chiefly by women to discuss matters of suffrage, raise funds for charity, etc.
(US, broadly, countable, uncountable)Any exclusive social gathering.
(US, also, attributive, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something (as an event or policy) excessively polite and refined; specifically, one regarded as ineffective and weak.
(India, Pakistan, uncountable)A hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour, made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk.
розовый чайrozovyj čaj, Кашмирский чайKašmirskij čaj
рожевий чайroževyj čaj, Кашмірський чайKašmirsʹkyj čaj
Translations
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Origin
From pink (“pale red; (rare) fashionable, smart”) + tea (“drink made by infusing dried leaFrom pink (“pale red; (rare) fashionable, smart”) + tea (“drink made by infusing dried leaves or buds of the tea plant in hot water; light midafternoon meal”).
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Forms
plural: pink teasSynonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable